SQRD's Midas touch makes "Gold" a real treasure

Carl Robin Kirchmann - the brains behind SQRD - has a background in jazz and classical music, but it was the end of a seven-year relationship that he found most inspiring.

"Writing music was an attempt to handle and process what happened and in the same way to find my own path," says Kirchmann. "I sit for hours and hours, I forget about everything else, and just focus all of my energy on the music. Now when I think about it, this might also explain why I want to do everything on my own - the writing, singing and producing - it makes me feel independent and I can do whatever I want from the initial idea to finished track."

Despite its sparse textures, "Gold" is rich with emotion and stays jaw-droppingly impressive from the first beat until the last. Bass builds to mighty cinematic highs, dynamic shifts inject tension, and a spindly synth motif is summoned for great melodic effect - SQRD's latest offering is a momentous piece of synthpop.

"Gold" is the title track from SQRD's upcoming EP, which is out 22 July on Fresh Milk.

Listen to "Gold" below.